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Is Yosef a Male or Female Name?

Yosef is predominantly a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Yosef globally is 94.9% males and 5.1% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Indonesia with 99.9% and the country with the highest female ratio is Egypt with 10.9%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Yosef in percentages: Globally: 94.9% males, 5.1% females, Egypt: 89.1% males, 10.9% females, Israel: 98.0% males, 2.0% females, United States: 99.7% males, 0.3% females, Saudi Arabia: 96.1% males, 3.9% females, Morocco: 96.0% males, 4.0% females, Syria: 97.0% males, 3.0% females, Palestinian Territories: 96.5% males, 3.5% females, Iran: 97.6% males, 2.4% females, Jordan: 96.9% males, 3.1% females, Indonesia: 99.9% males, 0.1% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Yosef are 18-24 years old, making up 58.6% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 55-64.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Yosef in each age group: 18-24: 58.6%, 25-34: 12.4%, 35-44: 9.8%, 45-54: 8.7%, 55-64: 5.1%, 65+: 5.4%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Yosef is Israel with 0.0878% of the population. Following is Palestinian Territories and Syria.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Yosef measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Yosef year over year: 1956: 0.001‰, 1957: 0.0005‰, 1958: 0.0011‰, 1959: 0.0009‰, 1960: 0.001‰, 1961: 0.0008‰, 1962: 0.0007‰, 1963: 0.0008‰, 1964: 0.0012‰, 1965: 0.0011‰, 1966: 0.001‰, 1967: 0.0009‰, 1968: 0.0011‰, 1969: 0.001‰, 1970: 0.0015‰, 1971: 0.0015‰, 1972: 0.0015‰, 1973: 0.0016‰, 1974: 0.0016‰, 1975: 0.002‰, 1976: 0.0012‰, 1977: 0.0018‰, 1978: 0.0022‰, 1979: 0.0016‰, 1980: 0.0026‰, 1981: 0.0018‰, 1982: 0.0017‰, 1983: 0.0017‰, 1984: 0.0021‰, 1985: 0.0021‰, 1986: 0.0016‰, 1987: 0.0016‰, 1988: 0.0019‰, 1989: 0.0018‰, 1990: 0.0017‰, 1991: 0.0018‰, 1992: 0.0022‰, 1993: 0.0021‰, 1994: 0.002‰, 1995: 0.0027‰, 1996: 0.0036‰, 1997: 0.0072‰, 1998: 0.0061‰, 1999: 0.0119‰, 2000: 0.0118‰, 2001: 0.0061‰

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